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Vocab: C's
pg 66 to 67
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11th Grade
06/13/2009
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cabal
 Definition
a small group
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cache
 Definition
a hiding place
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cacophony
 Definition
unpleasant sound
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cadaver
 Definition
dead body
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cadence
 Definition
rhythm
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cajole
 Definition
to persuade
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calamitous
 Definition
causing trouble or disastrous (disaster?)
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caliber
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degree of worth or value
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callous
 Definition
unyielding; insensitive
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callow
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young and inexperienced
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camaraderie
 Definition
loyalty; friendship
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canard
 Definition
a false story, report, or rumor
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candor
 Definition
honest; openness; frankness
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canny
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shrewd
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canon
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rule
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cant
 Definition
statements made in a singsong tone
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cantankerous
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bad-tempered
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canter
 Definition
smooth, easy pace
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canvass
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to make a survey
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capacious
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spacious
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carcinogenic
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causing cancer
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cardinal
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of major importance
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careen
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to swerve
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carnage
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slaughter
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carnal
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sensual; sexual
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carouse
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to engage in a noise, wild party
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carp
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to complain
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carrion
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decaying fish
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caret blanche
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freedom to use one's own judgment
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cartel
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association of businesses
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castigate
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to punish or criticize
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cataclysm
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a violent change
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cataract
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large waterfall; cloudiness of the eye
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catharsis
 Definition
act of purification
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catholic
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universal; found everywhere
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caucus
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a meeting
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caustic
 Definition
severely critical
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cauterize
 Definition
to burn
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cavalcade
 Definition
a sequence of events
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cavalier
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a casually indifferent person
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caveat
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a warning
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cavil
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to argue
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cavort
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to frolic
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celerity
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swiftness
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censure
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to criticize or condemn
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centrifugal
 Definition
moving away from the center
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cessation
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stopping
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chafe
 Definition
to annoy
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chaff
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worthless material
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chagrin
 Definition
embarrassment
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chameleon
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a changeable person
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charlatan
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a fake
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chary
 Definition
(of) careful
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chaste
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pure
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chattel
 Definition
slave
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chauvinism
 Definition
fanatical devotion to one's country, sex, religion, etc.
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chicanery
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trickery
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chimerical
 Definition
imaginary; fantastic; unreal
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choleric
 Definition
easily angered
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chronic
 Definition
long-lasting
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churlish
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rude
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cipher
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a thing of no value
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circuitous
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indirect
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circumlocution
 Definition
roundabout way of speaking
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circumscribe
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to encircle; reserved
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circumspect
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cautious
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circumvent
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to surround or entrap; to go around or by-pass
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citadel
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a fortress
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civility
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politeness
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clairvoyant
 Definition
having great insight; keenly perceptive
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clandestine
 Definition
secretive; private
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clangor
 Definition
harsh ringing sound
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clarion
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clear and shrill
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cleave
 Definition
to split something apart; to stick or cling to something
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cleft
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split; divided
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clemency
 Definition
mercy; leniency
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clientele
 Definition
customers
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clime
 Definition
climate; region
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cloistered
 Definition
secluded; confined
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clout
 Definition
(colloquial) power; influence
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cloven
 Definition
divided; split
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coalesce
 Definition
to blend; to merge; to fuse
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coddle
 Definition
to treat tenderly
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coerce
 Definition
to force
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coffer
 Definition
a strongbox
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cogent
 Definition
convincing
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cogitate
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to think; to consider carefully
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cognate
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related; relevant
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cognizant
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aware of
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coherent
 Definition
logically connected; consistent
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cohesive
 Definition
tending to stick
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cohort
 Definition
colleague; associate; partner
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collate
 Definition
to put together in order
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collateral
 Definition
security for payment
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colloquial
 Definition
informal conversation or phrase
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collusion
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conspiracy; agreement to commit a crime
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combative
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argumentative
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comely
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attractive
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commence
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to begin
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commendation
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praise
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commensurate
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proportionate
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commiserate
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to express pity for
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commodious
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spacious
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communal
 Definition
shared
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compel
 Definition
to force
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compendium
 Definition
brief summary
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compensatory
 Definition
paying back
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compliant
 Definition
yielding; submissive
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complicity
 Definition
partnership in wrongful act
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comprehensive
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all inclusive
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compulsory
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required
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compunction
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uneasiness; remorse
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concede
 Definition
to admit
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concentric
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having a common center
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conception
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a beginning; original plan
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concession
 Definition
allowance; the act of yielding
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concillate
 Definition
to soothe the anger of; to win over
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conclave
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secret meeting
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conclusive
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end result
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concoct
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to invent
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concomitant
 Definition
accompanying
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